First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Three Pillars of Liberty: Political Rights and Freedoms in the United Kingdom (Democratic Audit of the United Kingdom)

Politics & Social Sciences

Starmer, Keir

Klug, Francesca

Weir, Stuart

Sociology

Routledge

<p>First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp; Francis, an informa company.</p>

The Three Pillars of Liberty (The Democratic Audit of the United Kingdom)

A Magna Carta for all Humanity: Homing in on Human Rights

The Magna Carta, sealed in 1215, has come to stand for the rule of law, curbs on executive power and the freedom to enjoy basic liberties. When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations in 1948, it was heralded as 'a Magna Carta for all human kind'. Yet in the year in which this medieval Charter’s 800th anniversary is widely celebrated, the future of the UK’s commitment to international human rights standards is in doubt.  Are ‘universal values’ commendable as a benchmark by which to judge the rest of the world, but unacceptable when applied ‘at home’? Francesca Klug takes us on a journey through time, exploring such topics as ‘British values,’ ‘natural rights,’ ‘enlightenment values’ and ‘legal rights,’ to convey what is both distinctive and challenging about the ethic and practice of universal human rights. It is only through this prism, she argues, that the current debate on human rights protection in the UK can be understood. This book will be of interest to students of British Politics, Law, Human Rights and International Relations.

Specialties

Common Sense: Reflections on the Human Rights Act

Liberty

The Three Pillars of Liberty: Political Rights and Freedoms in the United Kingdom

<p>With the Human Rights Act 1998 now in force, speedy access to human rights cases and expert guidance through those cases will be essential for all those whose work will be affected by the European Convention on Human Rights. Brought together by experts in human rights law, this Digest analyzesand provides extracts from: the key judgments of the European Court of Human Rights; the key decisions of the European Commission of Human Rights; and the essential cases from Scotland, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa and the Commonwealth.The Digest is divided into user-friendly sections organized on an issue-by-issue basis. Each section sets out the key cases on any given topic, summarizes the principles applied in them and quotes relevant extracts from the judgments. It is accompanied by a CD-ROM which contains the full text ofall the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights together, with key decisions of the European Commission up to and including September 2000.</p>

Blackstone's Human Rights Digest

Byrne, Iain

Constitutional Law

Blackstone Press

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